Historical Events In April - 22
Wednesday, 04 February 2026
0296 St Gaius ends his reign as Catholic Pope. 

0296 Pope Caius 

0536 St Agapitus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 

0536 Agapitus I, Italian Pope (535-36), dies. 

1056 Supernova Crab nebula last seen by the naked eye. 

1073 Pope Alexander II buried/Ildebrando chosen as Pope Gregory VII 

1145 19th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. 

1164 Raynald of Dassel names Guido di Crema as anti-pope Paschalis III 

1253 Elias van Cortona, Italian general (1232-39), dies at about 53. 

1355 Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward II, dies at 36. 

1357 Johan I, King of Portugal (1383-1433). 

1370 Bastille begins being built in Paris 

1451 Isabella I of Castile, Queen of Spain and patron of Christopher Columbus is born 

1451 Isabella I, of Castile, Queen of Spain (1479-1504), patron of Columbus 

1462 Gilbert of Lannoy, master of Villerval/Tronchiennes/Santes, dies 

1500 Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil. 

1500 The area that became Brazil is discovered by Portuguese explorers. 

1500 In this year, Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil and claims it for Portugal. 

1509 Henry VIII ascended to throne of England. 

1521 French king Francois I declares war on Spain. 

1521 Juan de Padilla, Spanish nobleman/communero-rebel, beheaded. 

1526 1st slave revolt occurs in SC. 

1529 Spain and Portugal divide eastern hemisphere in Treaty of Saragosa. 

1529 Treaty of Saragosa: Spain and Portugal divide eastern hemisphere. 

1592 Bartolommeo Ammanati, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 80. 

1610 Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italy, lawyer/Pope (1689-91) 

1640 Mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun 

1648 In this year, English army claims king Charles I responsible for bloodshed. 

1648 Catharina Belgian van Nassau, daughter of Willem, dies at 69. 

1658 Giuseppe Torelli, Italy, composer (Concert Grossi op 8) 

1659 Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament 

1662 John Tradescant, traveller/gardener, dies. 

1671 King Charles II sits in on English parliament 

1672 Georg Stiernhielm, Swed scholar/author/poet (Hercules), dies at 73. 

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